Senior Project Manager shall provide Testing/Quality Assurance Project Management consultant services to client for the completion of assigned projects within the NYCERS portfolio of projects.
•The Senior Project Manager will work within the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) for the Legacy Replacement Project reporting to the Deputy Delivery of Delivery.
•The Senior Project Manager will provide project management services to support client while also working alongside vendors specific to the Legacy Replacement Project.
o Vendor Management required
o Complex coordination with multiple vendors supporting testing in multiple test environments
o Cross-functional coordination on execution and management of project deliverables
o Foster robust communication across all project work-streams o Working with onshore and offshore resources
o Logging and implementation of lessons learned o Establish an environment of continuous performance improvement
o Detailed status reporting including comprehensive metrics
•The Senior Project Manager will follow the PMI PMBOK Project Management guidelines, concepts and the project management life cycle in all project initiatives. Provide guidance and support in identify, assessing, and recommending process improvement opportunities through standardization, automation, and business process re-engineering (BPR) efforts
MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
•Minimum of 8 years' experience in project management, coordination and administration of large-scale projects comprised of sub projects and/or multiple works streams.
•Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Senior Testing/Quality Assurance Project Manager, providing management, coordination and administration of large-scale software testing efforts.
•Senior level experience with developing testing strategies and plans, test case and script development and test performance reporting (defects and resolution).
•Experience working within a Project Management Office (PMO) function or unit, with a good understanding of PMO practices and policies, including Project Governance and Resource Management.
•Experience working with System Integration vendors in managing, coordinating and delegating project assignments with project stakeholders including employees and consultant project staff numbering a minimum of 15 personnel.
•Project Manager acts as the focal point of contact regarding overall project status, monitoring and control. Including project change, scope, schedule, costs, quality, communications, risks, procurements and stakeholder management.
•Strong Stakeholder and Communications Management experience and skills.
•Excellent interpersonal skills including team leadership and management, negotiation, collaboration, problem resolution and customer service. •Experience presenting project status to upper management.
•Strong skills in Microsoft 365 software toolset, specifically Excel, SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, and Project. o Project Management Tool experience/knowledge (i.e. Planview)
•Project Management Certification (PMP) Certification required
DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
•Planview PPM Pro software experience.
•Experience with a variety of project delivery methodologies including Agile, Hybrid, Waterfall, COTS, Iterative.
